tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post6858695778227181079..comments2024-03-28T23:14:06.156-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 373: The Final Fantasy Legend (1989)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32673534586615936752022-01-03T04:21:51.621-05:002022-01-03T04:21:51.621-05:00I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one ...I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who noticed the similarities between this game and Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and it might not just be a coincidence since this game was published 2 years after the second (and best IMO) book in the series. Also the third game in the series seems like it might be based a bit on Doctor Who as well...Johnny Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562355319098413106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9202103045069881482021-10-20T15:36:25.126-04:002021-10-20T15:36:25.126-04:00@thekelvingreen
If you think this one had an influ...@thekelvingreen<br />If you think this one had an influence on Chrono Trigger, try the third one! It's about a group of adventurers using a time machine to travel to three distinct time periods in order to stop the end of the world caused by an alien entity that suddenly appears in the future.<br />Sadly the lead designer of the series had moved on to the bizarre experimental Romancing SaGa games and so it plays more like a standard JRPG.ArstanNeckbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12029719479750089604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32918061964670086082020-08-27T11:04:48.995-04:002020-08-27T11:04:48.995-04:00For anyone reading this who was interested in chec...For anyone reading this who was interested in checking it out but doesn't want to deal with emulators or trying to find an original Game Boy to play on, it looks like the whole series is now being re-released for modern systems: <br />https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/26/21402506/square-enix-final-fantasy-legend-game-boy-nintendo-switchIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820538967423341664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45961610375467623582020-08-24T20:16:06.055-04:002020-08-24T20:16:06.055-04:00I love reading your views on games I played a lot ...I love reading your views on games I played a lot of growing up, and I played too many RPGs over the years. I know you don't do many console games, but I certainly am enjoying your posts about them. <br /><br />FF Legends I remember playing a lot of at home, while listening to Weird Al Yankovic. Any time I hear a song from his "In 3D" album I remember this game.ima420rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07889119176460931015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46569819185674134682020-08-22T03:13:18.159-04:002020-08-22T03:13:18.159-04:00Presumably, you find out by grinding too much and ...Presumably, you find out by grinding too much and watching your stats suddenly drop back to zero. And by noticing that two characters with e. g. 99 strength do for some reason vastly different damage.Libluinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524606710871977666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7155051327742621152020-08-21T16:05:05.648-04:002020-08-21T16:05:05.648-04:00Nintendo Power magazine, perhaps?Nintendo Power magazine, perhaps?Radianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03866535042372152723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81012932808629678932020-08-21T15:21:52.984-04:002020-08-21T15:21:52.984-04:00How would a player a back in the day have ever fig...How would a player a back in the day have ever figured this out? CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1183418270772366522020-08-21T02:14:36.898-04:002020-08-21T02:14:36.898-04:00Nah, the attributes go higher. The game just stops...Nah, the attributes go higher. The game just stops displaying numbers above 99. Just don't go TOO far, or the attributes will wrap around to 0, which is both hilarious and very bad.Libluinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524606710871977666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8679682414395732942020-08-20T20:54:21.427-04:002020-08-20T20:54:21.427-04:00I might be missing something, but the maximum attr...I might be missing something, but the maximum attributes for humans in the game I played seems to be 99, same for mutants.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15690077942120294892020-08-20T20:52:28.982-04:002020-08-20T20:52:28.982-04:00This is not something you should anticipate. These...This is not something you should anticipate. These diversions are exceptions, and I did a series of them for a specific purpose. I probably will not continue with a lot more console games, particularly handheld ones.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40242209712615526022020-08-19T18:47:57.726-04:002020-08-19T18:47:57.726-04:00Adding to that comical discussion, my 2011 Noteboo...Adding to that comical discussion, my 2011 Notebook (generic brand) has an i3 of the second gen (Intel Graphics HD 3000 with 1gb) and with only 4GB of Ram, it did run Skyrim once with a nice framerate. However it can't run Morrowind nowadays without struggle, guess I just have abused the machine too much xD Arthurionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367183013090636982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73187617276026384762020-08-19T08:48:54.101-04:002020-08-19T08:48:54.101-04:00That's a great idea!That's a great idea!thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82344111038446224742020-08-19T07:48:11.042-04:002020-08-19T07:48:11.042-04:00I did a Let's Play of Sword of Hope, too: http...I did a Let's Play of Sword of Hope, too: https://www.talking-time.net/showthread.php?t=15058ChuckRohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229050276574639964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28540090855637386412020-08-19T00:13:32.520-04:002020-08-19T00:13:32.520-04:00I can't wait to see you look into the later Sa...I can't wait to see you look into the later SaGa games. II in particular has an even crazier storyline, and- as others have mentioned here- it's got even more character options, and a very different progression system.Paphvulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793765634686489221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6002233860793932272020-08-18T23:00:42.014-04:002020-08-18T23:00:42.014-04:00I'm really glad that you covered this. I know ...I'm really glad that you covered this. I know that console RPGs will never be your cup of tea, but your perspective on these games is fresh and very welcome. I grew up on these console RPGs and I have a very fond memory of defeating the "Creator" for the very first time. Reading your playthrough has taken me back.<br /><br />I know that you have an infinite number of computer RPGs to play, but I hope you decide to come back to the world of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem and Chrono Trigger, and other games that have been off your radar. Knowing that these games are likely at least going to be fast-paced and score in the 30s or 40s might make them a pleasant reprieve from some of the drudgery that you occasionally get stuck wading through in your quest. Picking from the best or most notable console RPGs (rather than taking a completist path) could help to ensure that the occasional detour would feel more like a break than a job.<br /><br />The next two Dragon Quest games are, for example, fairly bite sized nuggets of fun. Dragon Quest II predated Final Fantasy by 11 months and takes more inspiration from Wizardry than the first. It's neat to see how FF and DW series bounced off each other for a while as they charted different courses to what they thought a jRPG could be. Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4242765922987085942020-08-18T18:00:03.444-04:002020-08-18T18:00:03.444-04:00If you ever play a certain highly-mechanical, choi...If you ever play a certain highly-mechanical, choice-heavy, cell-by-cell first person dungeon exploring RPG you'll get all the god-killing you can handle. :)mecha-nekohttps://www.twitter.com/mecha_nekonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84213107071332942882020-08-18T16:07:26.372-04:002020-08-18T16:07:26.372-04:00As Bird said, a lot of Christian imagery used in J...As Bird said, a lot of Christian imagery used in Japan is just that, imagery. It shows up in anime a lot as well. Most of the time it has no actual meaning.<br /><br />I've heard that the maker of Evangelion said they'd never had used all the Christian imagery in it if they'd known how popular it would be in the West.Drawdenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22303037588327276832020-08-18T15:44:54.005-04:002020-08-18T15:44:54.005-04:00All the FF games after IX either had only enough p...All the FF games after IX either had only enough party members to fill out the battle, or had some way to swap out mid-battle.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70424404580646669002020-08-18T14:15:32.663-04:002020-08-18T14:15:32.663-04:00Morrowind may not have been the best example ;) - ...Morrowind may not have been the best example ;) - with the OpenMW platform, you can pretty much run it on anything these days. See here for someone running it on a e-Ink tablet: <br />https://www.reddit.com/r/Morrowind/comments/i8hd0x/morrowind_on_an_eink_tablet/Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820538967423341664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37932596371453688342020-08-18T14:08:40.004-04:002020-08-18T14:08:40.004-04:00I suppose it's usually more themed as "a ...I suppose it's usually more themed as "a god" or "gods", but there's definitely a few Western games including CRPGs that do something similar - the Elder Scrolls series is probably the most famous, but there's quite a few others - https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillTheGodIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820538967423341664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18897037973131076792020-08-18T14:04:53.327-04:002020-08-18T14:04:53.327-04:00I remember reading that they used Christian imager...I remember reading that they used Christian imagery in Dragon Quest basically just because it's something that shows up in Western Fantasy and that kind of media was popular at the time. Accuracy to the religion was never on their mind.<br /><br />I guess it's essentially the same as when Americans shove really Japanese stuff like Ninja and Samurai in their games without caring much about whether it makes sense. People just think foreign stuff is cool, I guess.Birdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85507783007328169142020-08-18T13:43:34.450-04:002020-08-18T13:43:34.450-04:00I'd say the only one that's really hard to...I'd say the only one that's really hard to recommend is Unlimited Saga, because it's not only almost incomprehensible, but also a lot of people simply dislike it even once they do understand it.<br /><br />The Romancing SaGa ports Square has put recently are solid choices, and they're cool games (albeit sadly lacking the weird sci-fi stuff from the Gameboy era).Reader 72noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8777171247944621222020-08-18T12:59:22.108-04:002020-08-18T12:59:22.108-04:00Chet mentioned Sword of hope as one of the debut t...Chet mentioned Sword of hope as one of the debut titles, which we got here in Europe too.<br /><br />I remember it as very interesting but also as hard Marc Sthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732120014575394311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64289008994779081532020-08-18T10:04:17.362-04:002020-08-18T10:04:17.362-04:00I think the only subsequent game that didn't u...I think the only subsequent game that didn't use a three-member party was 9, and that one only went back to four for nostalgia reasons? And 15, I guess. Pretty sure they stuck with three-member parties as a deliberate design choice long after there were technical reasons for it.<br /><br />I'm not sure about <i>SaGa 1</i>, but in the next couple of the games in the series, you only see three monster sprites in combat, but each of them represents a group of multiple monsters. So it's not exactly limited to three opponents. NLeseulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10470251242004226908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51520703376516695012020-08-18T08:53:51.489-04:002020-08-18T08:53:51.489-04:00I don't think the 3 party member thing started...I don't think the 3 party member thing started until FFVII? And even then it was mostly for resource reasons from the jump to 3D as I understand it.Lord Seohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062679115912878048noreply@blogger.com